The Law of Heaven

Chapter 128 Is this what you call not being in a relationship?

Just as dawn was breaking, Mu Bei walked into the quiet alley, leaning on his cane, with a crow perched on his shoulder.

Looking back, the feng shui hall had gradually become blurred, as if shrouded in a mist, like a mirage, making one doubt whether it really existed.

The streets and alleys were deathly silent, and there was not a sound from the dilapidated buildings. Occasionally, a commotion would break out, but no one knew who was making it, and it was chilling.

She accidentally stepped on a newspaper.

The muddy newspaper was a blurry mess, but some traditional Chinese characters and the date could be vaguely seen.

"1801 years..."

Mu Bei said in a low voice, "That means this place has existed for at least two hundred years. If we search more carefully, we might find things that are even older, but I can't stay here any longer. The risk of spying on this place is too great."

As he was leaving, Mu Bei turned around and bowed deeply.

To show respect.

As expected of the legendary Mirage, Mu Bei, who lived for seventy-four years, saw his destiny for the first time with great accuracy.

In fact, over the past ten years or so, Mu Bei has found several mirages, but without exception they were all fake. These days, telecom fraud is rampant; they even dare to scam those at the highest level.

Those swindlers naturally met a terrible end.

Until this day, Mu Bei found the real token, the gilded key that gleamed in his palm.

"No wonder. Back then, Dean Shang also went to the Mirage Tower. His personality changed drastically overnight. He suddenly made up his mind to betray the Shang family that raised him and set up his own business at great risk. By a twist of fate, he obtained that ancient legacy and took two more steps above the crown rank."

Mu Bei murmured, "Betraying the Shang family, establishing his own business, and spending ten years on archaeological excavations along the Euphrates River. These seemingly illogical things were actually guided by a master. It was precisely because he foresaw the possibilities of the future that Dean Shang dared to take such a desperate gamble, abandoning everything to seek a breakthrough."

However, Dean Shang acted far too recklessly. His high-priced acquisition of the Misty Tower's token, coupled with a series of subsequent unusual actions, made it clear to everyone that he had foreseen his own fate. That's why, after he passed the token to his son, his son was tragically murdered and robbed of the treasure!

Mirages are such magical places.

As long as you follow the instructions, you can defy fate, fulfill your wishes, and realize your dreams.

According to Mu Bei's understanding, the essence of defying fate is to find the most correct path among countless choices, thus saving the cost of trial and error.

After all, you only live once.

Many wrong choices cannot be undone.

Only the Mirage Tower can do this. Almost all the guests who come here are blessed by fate, reach the pinnacle of life, and realize their long-cherished wishes.

Of course, there were also a few unlucky ones.

Take Ye Xun, for example. Nobody knows what he was trying to do, but he ended up killing himself.

In short, it all comes down to the same point.

Leave it to fate, but make things happen by human effort.

"Yes, we must not repeat Dean Shang's mistakes."

Thinking this through, Mu Bei realized he needed to find a perfect excuse to cover up his next move.

"As long as you do good, you can live..."

A cold smile appeared on her lips as she said smugly, "Then why don't we go and spar with the Spirit King? We can just say that our minds have been affected..."

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After seeing the guests off, Aihara originally wanted to go home and experience the feeling of his new home, but he was too tired, so he sent a text message to Koji saying that he wouldn't be going back.

The new home is very safe, and Xiaosi has also hired a housekeeper to help tidy up the house, so there's no need to worry about her getting tired.

Although the brother and sister are not wealthy yet, they can still afford to pay a few hundred yuan for housekeeping services.

Save where you should and spend where you should. People shouldn't waste their energy on trivial matters. The purpose of making money is to improve the quality of life; otherwise, it's meaningless.

He didn't know how much time had passed when he woke up on the sofa in the store and glanced at the time; it was 6:30.

On the table was an opened gift box, inside which was a simple and exquisite little wooden fish. After last night's experiment, it did indeed have the effect of creating dreams. The flow of time in the dream would be slowed down by a hundred times, which could indeed be used to practice some skills that require time to mature.

For example, certain prerequisite skills for Perfection Technique.

"This is truly a timely help. It seems that the Demon God Slash and Super Brain Computation can be put on the agenda now."

He woke up, brushed his teeth, and washed his face, reviewing the events of the previous night in his mind: "The foreshadowing of Mu Bei has been laid. When she left yesterday, she was full of ambition, as if she wanted to turn over a new leaf. Perhaps this is because she was not a bad person to begin with, and coupled with being overshadowed by death for too long, she has become a bit neurotic."

To be honest, most of the immortal beings that Aihara has encountered so far seem to be anything but normal.

The methods of practicing the Perfection Technique are incredibly diverse, and no one knows what bizarre shape it will mold a person into.

For example, Fu Wanghu.

For example, the Mu Stele.

For example, Jiang Hai.

They were all severely affected by the Perfection Technique.

Even the seemingly most rational Jiang Youqing would disregard life and death because of the Perfection Technique.

Aihara himself is a bit abnormal now, mainly because he wants to learn the Tenfold Delusion. This evil Perfection Technique requires him to engrave the word "pretentious" into his very bones.

It's fine when they're showing off.

Looking back on it afterwards, it's a little awkward.

"If all else fails, try a different tone."

He muttered to himself, "Hmm, go for the cool and aloof type!"

At present, Aihara's main training method is to seize every opportunity to put on a show and complete his second delusion as soon as possible, so as to completely merge the field of thought with himself. This is the foundation of everything.

The next step is to feed Xiaolongnu as soon as possible to unleash her innate abilities, greatly enhancing the combat power of the two, and at the same time, to enable her to learn the Ghost God Slash so that she can master the second Perfection Technique as soon as possible.

The comprehensiveness of the tenfold delusion.

The extreme attack of the Demon God Slash.

The two complement each other.

Finally, learn super brain computing to improve computing power.

"It's urgent."

After washing up, Aihara stared blankly at the mirror. Putting aside the pressure from that mysterious supreme being, the people of the Central True Academy alone were enough to give him a headache.

He opened his phone and logged into the company's intranet, where a headline message was highlighted in red. It was an announcement from the board of directors regarding the deployment of the evil zone barrier.

The announcement detailed information about the Naughty Zone, using a lot of technical terms; it was too long to read.

Aihara used artificial intelligence to summarize that the formation of the aberration zone has four impacts on the long-lived species in the city.

Firstly, all immortal beings within the area of ​​the evil zone will be marked as suspected sinners. Once someone attempts to leave the area, they will be immediately detected and pursued.

Secondly, the Central True Academy possesses the highest law enforcement authority within the evil zone. Their primary task is to protect the peace of the area, and any behavior that obstructs the investigation and handling of cases by relevant personnel will be regarded as a crime against humanity.

Third, any long-lived families or organizations within the evil zone must unconditionally cooperate with the Central True Privy Council in investigating the case; otherwise, they will be regarded as heretical forces and subjected to suppression and purge.

Fourth, once the primordial disaster erupts within the evil zone, the Central True Pivot Academy will report to the Humanity Investigation Team, awakening the supreme being from a thousand years ago, and carrying out an extermination-style slaughter of all creatures within the area that possess the genes of Heavenly Principle.

"That's quite domineering."

Aihara muttered, "But the establishment of the Sinful Zone by the Central True Privy Council should also require the consent of the Deep Blue Alliance, otherwise war will break out between the two sides. It seems that the two sides have reached some kind of agreement and made compromises."

This is good news; despite the strong visit from the Central True Academy, the Deep Blue Alliance has not completely lost power.

Before Aihara was able to deal with the Central Shinshuin, the Deep Blue Alliance was still a springboard he could use.

"But we need to hurry up and make ourselves stronger so that we can become independent."

He walked out of the store and looked up at the sky.

In the cloudless clear sky, faintly visible dark red stripes flow like waves, looking like blood diluted countless times, shrouding the city below like a curtain, so far away that the boundaries cannot be seen.

This must be the so-called "Demon Zone Barrier," which formed overnight and covered the entire city.

"I don't know if this is the effect of the living spirit, or a miracle of black magic and alchemy. I can't understand it."

Aihara then looked at the second message on the intranet.

"The Central Shinshu Institute's Special Investigation Team has begun monitoring and investigating heretics on Qingdao Island!"

The comments under this post were full of complaints.

It is clear that a special investigation team from the Central True Academy has begun to purge the five major families of the Deep Blue Alliance. Whether for the sake of justice or personal gain, many will be monitored and interrogated; even if they don't die, they will be severely injured. This is also the first step in the Central True Academy's plan to annex the Deep Blue Alliance. The purpose of doing so is to dismantle its internal power and replace key positions with its own people.

As long as the Abomination Zone exists, the Central True Academy can create the Deep Blue Alliance without firing a shot.

A reshuffle at the top.

There is unrest at the grassroots level.

The value of DeepBlue Alliance will be gradually eroded.

After all, in the eyes of the Central True Academy, the Deep Blue Alliance was a peripheral force outside the center of power. Especially since the only Formless Rebirth Ceremony in a thousand years had occurred here, it was impossible to let it go unchecked.

Even if Aihara is in the position of the Central True Council, he still has to find a way to devour the Deep Blue Alliance.

However, Aihara was also well aware that while the Central Shinshuin's stance and decisions were indeed without fault, it did not mean that their higher-ups were necessarily clean and harmless.

The mysterious organization known as the "Rebirth Society" is definitely up to no good; these lunatics are like ticking time bombs.

Aihara has not yet encountered any supervision or interrogation.

Perhaps his strength and status are not yet sufficient.

It's also possible that they benefited from the fortune teller's influence.

Aihara scrolled down a few more posts.

For the middle-level forces of Deep Blue Alliance, the most painful thing is having their direct superiors replaced.

The investigation team from the Central True Academy simply did not trust the combat units trained by the Deep Blue Alliance, so naturally they would not entrust them with important tasks.

The usually proud and arrogant combat troops are now only assigned to do some disgusting chores.

For example, punishing those who have formed opposite sides in the present world.

These off-side groups are often small in scale and offer little to no profit, but they are very risky. They are likely to encounter recently fallen Dead Apostles who often retain their full intelligence and strength, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

Normally, no one is willing to take on this kind of mission. In the past, the high-ranking officials of the Deep Blue Alliance would have to spend a lot of money to use these combat units to clear out the alien forces that had formed in the city.

But now this has become a hard indicator of combat order, which is why the posts are full of lamentations and complaints.

Aihara has never explored a similar alternate side since his debut, but this is the mission he wanted!

Dead apostle.

He needs a huge number of Death Walkers!
Currently, there is a mission in the internal forum of the 10th Combat Sequence that urgently needs manpower. The target location is Dagang in the Shinan District, where several people have recently gone missing and there are suspected signs of anomalies.

"Wait, Dagang, port?"

Aihara gasped, suddenly realizing: "This mission was most likely issued by Mu Bei using her authority. Because someone is investigating her, she can't lead people directly to Ruan Xiangtian; that would be too suspicious. Given Mu Bei's cunning nature, she will definitely use other resources to lure Ruan Xiangtian out, and then she can take advantage of the chaos."

He snapped his fingers and immediately became excited.

This is the advantage of intelligence!
"Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi!"

Aihara called out in his heart, "Get up quickly! I know you've recovered a little bit of your spiritual energy. Cheer up! I'll feed you in a bit. After you've eaten and drunk your fill, we have important things to do!"

Deep within her consciousness echoed the soft, gentle voice of Little Dragon Girl, tinged with a girlish charm: "What's wrong? It's only this early, why are you waking me up? What's so urgent? Don't bother me, let me sleep for another five minutes..."

Xiao Qi is still asleep.

Aihara rolled her eyes.

"We're going to kill your father!"

"Charge for me!"

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The wind howled across the rooftop of Deep Blue Union.

Jiang Youqing raised her right hand, and more than ten iron swords swirled and intertwined in mid-air, their blades howling like ghosts.

The sword's imposing presence was chilling.

"I won't teach you the Ghost God Slash of my Ruan family because someone told me that someone else is truly capable of carrying it forward. But the level of this sword control technique is even more powerful than the Ghost God Slash. It was the highest-level perfect technique we found in the Misty Mountains a hundred years ago."

Chairman Ruan sat on a bamboo chair, brewing tea, and said calmly, "Now that you have advanced to the next level and merged with the Yin-Yang cycle, the sword you control possesses the dual attributes of both physical and spiritual entities, greatly increasing its destructive power."

The stronger your will, the more powerful your sword will be. I've never worried about you in that regard, but lately I've noticed your mind is a little unsettled.

Jiang Youqing retrieved the countless iron swords, manipulating them to fall into the sword box on the table, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Are you in love?"

Chairman Ruan hit the nail on the head.

"No."

Jiang Youqing said expressionlessly.

"So you've fallen for someone."

Chairman Ruan said, seemingly casually, "Don't neglect your cultivation for the sake of romance. You should know that I had to peek into fate to find you."

Jiang Youqing was slightly taken aback: "Mirage?"

She thought of that mysterious shop.

"Yes."

Chairman Ruan smiled slightly.

"Legend has it that the Mirage Tower possesses the power to defy fate, yet you would ask such a trivial question about the successor?"

Jiang Youqing was puzzled.

"Heh, I also asked about the Ruan family back then, including Ruan Xiangtian and those two poor children. But I couldn't accept any of the answers the boss gave. In the end, the boss told me to let things take their course and not interfere as much as possible, otherwise it would backfire."

Chairman Ruan recalled the events of that year and smiled, "Later, I had no desires. After meeting you as prophesied, I gave away all the tokens."

Jiang Youqing wanted to have her fortune told, and recently she had read many books about astrology and the five elements, but unfortunately she hadn't found anything useful. So she asked, "You're just giving away something so important like that?"

Chairman Ruan shook his head and said, "Of course it's not free. I gave it to the director of the Qingdao branch of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, hoping that he can better protect this city."

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The branch chief was killed in action on the very day he received the token. The token was lost; perhaps it was taken by the police station's evidence section, but it was never seen again.

Jiang Youqing responded with an "oh".

There was no sign of disappointment on his face.

"By the way, have you been researching how to solve genetic diseases lately? Have you made any progress?"

Chairman Ruan asked with a smile, "If you can solve this problem, that would be a great deed. The people at the Spirit Medicine Gathering will treat you like an ancestor."

“I do have some, but I lack experimental cases. Ruan Xiangtian’s previous cell samples were insufficient because he was in a dormant state at the time. I need to observe his cell state when he awakens in order to tackle this problem.”

Jiang Youqing answered expressionlessly.

"Pity."

Chairman Ruan pondered for a moment: "It seems we need to capture Xiang Tian first. We can't let the people from the Central True Academy succeed first. I have a feeling that some people in the Central True Academy are brewing an even bigger conspiracy."

"If this group captures Xiang Tian first, they'll have control of the case. We'll be completely out of control, with no chance of recovery. Then it'll be hard to say whether we can save those genetically modified patients."

Jiang Youqing said calmly, "Do you want to save those genetically modified patients, or save the company's assets?"

Chairman Ruan chuckled and said, "These two things don't conflict, do they? I know you don't like politics, but if used properly, this can also protect people like you."

Jiang Youqing couldn't deny this statement either, her voice indifferent: "If the token of the Misty Tower is still there, you can go and ask where your son is."

"The owner of Mirage once said that opportunities to glimpse fate are not unlimited. If everything requires guidance, what's the difference between us and overgrown babies?"

Chairman Ruan said quietly, "With your abilities, finding Xiang Tian shouldn't be difficult, right? But you haven't been focused on your work lately, so I still suspect you're in a relationship."

Jiang Youqing said with a straight face, "I didn't talk about it."

Then, her phone rang.

Jiang Youqing pursed her lips when she saw the caller ID.

However, with the teacher right next to her, she couldn't just hang up on the phone, so she hesitated for a moment before answering it.

Aihara's voice came through the phone.

"My beloved concubine, I have important information to tell you..."

(End of this chapter)